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Re: keeping PH low



Have you tried to add CO2 to get the ph down you would have to have a planted tank with more nutrients for them. Keeping the ph at 5.5 is hard to do others on the list can help with that. The Aquatics Plants Digest is a good source for information .

the dude wrote:


My water is naturally about 20ppm general hardness. 30 microsiemens and around PH 7.


However I cant keep it below Ph6.5 .
If I use peat it brings it to that PH and just keeps it at 6.5
That is fine for the apistos I have now... However I would like to try keeping some of the blackwater species and I dont know how to keep my PH down.
Even in a tank with just water, I use a HCL to bring the ph to maybe even as low as 3.8 and it just starts climbing. in a week it will be at 6. IT goes even faster when I have sand or gravel and plants in a tank. the ph starts rising within the hour.
How can I keep my PH low for some of the apistos I would like to keep.


thanks
coby


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